Executive Design of the Faade Systems

The book examines the typological and technological constitution of the principal advanced faade systems in the contemporary design and experimental scenario, proposing itself as a knowledge and operational tool currently lacking in the technical literature of the sector at an international level. It considers the field of advanced faade systems in a scientific way, constituting a support for the study and the executive design. The book investigates in detail, in an analytical form, the constitution of the components on a typological and geometrical, functional and constructive level, on the basis of the documents and knowledges acquired from the essential contemporary production and construction references. At the same time, the book is configured in a handbook form as a reference for understanding and application with respect to traditional and complex faade systems. For each main type of faade, the book provides explanations and scientific information for investigating and designing the advanced faades according to the characteristics of the mullions and transoms faade system (stick system), of the structural sealant glazing faade system, of the unit faade system, of the suspended faade system and of the double-skin faade system.